20 Provençal French Phrases To Add To Your Vocabulary

Provence is perhaps most famous for its magnificent landscapes, but there is another unique feature ...

Festivals Of The Dead Around The World

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Who Are The Most Multilingual Celebrities In The World?

We generally only see one side of celebrities: the superficial smiles on the red carpet, or the inte...

The Best French Dictionaries To Use When You’re Learning The Language

Learning a language is something we conceive of as happening in the abstract, but it’s easy to...

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11 Words Invented By Italian-Americans

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7 ‘Italian’ Words And Phrases Native Speakers Never Use

English and Italian share a decent amount of language between them. Part of this is because Italian ...

A Cultural History Of The Kebab

I still remember my first bite of a kebab (or kebap, but we’ll get to that). A döner kebap to be ...

How To Talk About The Home In Portuguese

The home is often the central organizing hub of the family, and of life in general. If you’re ...

How To Talk About Family In Norwegian

Norwegian culture is like pretty much every other culture in the sense that family is a pretty big d...

15 Words Canadians Use You Might Not Be Familiar With

Much ink has been spilled over the English language divide between the United States and the United ...

30 Sicilian Expressions That We Love

One of the most fascinating aspects of the Italian language is that its history is the result of hun...

Celebrate The Season Globally With Babbel’s Multilingual Holiday Playlist

Holiday music is a divisive issue. Some people love the time of year when sleigh bells and Dean Mart...

What’s a Tandem Partner And How Should I Get One?

Illustration: Daniel Marin MedinaWhen looking for the perfect tandem partner, it’s easy to feel li...

How To Apologize In Spanish

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